Import products

With Shopmatic’s Import Products tool, business owners can populate their shop catalog on the Shopmatic platform with a few simple clicks. This tool allows customers to easily add products by:
1. Using a CSV file for bulk uploads or
2. Import products directly from other platforms

CSV Bulk ImportTo bulk upload products using CSV, download the Shopmatic sample CSV file first.
This feature can only be used for adding new products to your Shopmatic webstore, it does not affect the existing products

How to download sample CSV file:
1. From the Shopmatic dashboard, click on the top left button to access the Products page.

2. On the Product Page, from the top left corner, click on “Import Product”

3. Click on the CSV icon

4. Click on “Download the CSV template to see the format required”

How to fill the sample CSV file:
Uploading products via a CSV file requires data to be uploaded in a fixed format. Please see the table below to know more about how to fill the CSV file.

Please note these points when filling in the CSV file:
1. Refrain from making any changes to the text from Row 1, from Column A to Column Z.
2. Column A and Column B are the only mandatory fields for each product, leave the other fields blank if they are not applicable.

Column Names

Descriptions

name
(Column A)

The name of the product.

It is advisable to capitalise the first letter

price
(Column B)

The selling price of the product.

Enter only numeric value. (Eg. 1, 50, 100)

list_price
(Column C)

Will be shown with a strikethrough (Eg. 100), additionally, If the list price is greater than 5% of price, the difference in percentage will be displayed.

If an import product is taking too long, you can simply cancel the product import and try again, simply click on “Import Product” and you should see this window

Next click on Cancel importing, and you will be asked to confirm your decision. Simply click on confirm, and the product import will stop.

Please note: If you have a duplicate listing on your CSV file, it will upload duplicate products. Likewise, if the same CSV file is uploaded twice, this will also create duplicate listings on your Shopmatic webstore.

Shopify Product Import
If you have an existing account with Shopify, simply port over your products to the Shopmatic platform by using the Shopify Products Import feature.

To import your products from Shopify:
1. Login to your Shopify account
2. Click on the “Apps” button located on the left panel
3. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on “Manage private apps”
4. Click on “Generate API credentials”
5. Type “Product import” under the Private app name
6. Scroll down to “Product Information” and switch the setting from “No access” to “Read access”
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Save”
8. Scroll to “Example URL” and copy the entire text
9. Paste copied Example URL link to “Shopify Product Import” field
10. Click on “Save”

Your products will be imported to your Shopmatic account within minutes.

Uploaded products will be placed in the All Products category. If products were tagged with a category, then it will automatically fall into their respective categories on the Shopmatic webstore.

Imported products are set to “Hidden” so that they can be reviewed before going live on your webstore.

To import your products again from the Shopify platform, simply click on the “Import Product” button, and then on “Save”.

Please note: If you import the same Shopify account multiple times, it will also create multiple listings of the same product on your Shopmatic webstore.